This morning everyone packed right up and were ready to go with time to spare! You should have seen the huge pile of stuff that was left behind as a donation. [Of course I didn't get a picture of it]. There was clothes, sheets, shoes, towels, tools, and lots more! DeLise said to leave anything that we didn't want. She said they could definitely find a way to use it all. Everything would be washed and given away or sold at a very reasonable price in one of the smaller communities. All of the profits would then go right back in to the World Servants ministry in the D.R. I left two towels, a pair of sneakers, two pair of work gloves and two pair of scrub pants. They were all in really good shape, so I felt good about that.
For breakfast we had donuts and our usual selection of fresh fruit. Right after breakfast, Matt pulled me aside, he started out by saying "Now, you don't have to do this. I'm not asking you to do this because you're the assistant. But, would you be willing to share what you did last night, at church tomorrow?" Immediately, I was like "Oh goodness! What have I done?!" But then I remembered - It's not about me. Well it is, in the fact that I need to get over myself and break out of my comfort zone. So I told him I would do it. Then he said that I would be up on stage with Joelle and Jim at the same time, which made me feel much better!
We got on the bus for one last ride. It took us just over 2 hours to get to the airport in Santo Domingo. On the plane, I sat between Max and Isaiah (for both flights). Max was nice enough to let Isaiah fit by the window both times. I had a great time chatting with Zai. We laughed a lot. He's probably the coolest 10 year old I know. :)
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